Matron - Weston General Hospital

NHS; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Weston-super-Mare is seeking an experienced Matron to provide strong leadership and quality patient care across various services. The role requires a Master's degree and proven leadership abilities, with responsibilities including empowering nurses and ensuring patient safety. The position offers a salary range of £55,690 to £62,682 per annum pro rata and is an 8-month secondment opportunity.

Qualifications

• Fluent English to an appropriate standard.
• Knowledge of nurse-led initiatives and national policy.
• Conscientious, committed, reliable, and hardworking.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example to ensure quality care.
• Empower nurses to expand their clinical activities.
• Prevent hospital-acquired infections.

Skills

Leadership abilities

Communication skills

IT Skills

Emotional sensitivity

Flexibility

Motivation

Education

Master’s Degree or equivalent

Leadership/Management Course

IOSH (or similar) Course

Job description

Matron - Weston General Hospital

The closing date is 02 December 2025

We have an exciting 8 month secondment opportunity for a Matron at Weston General Hospital!

This will be a seconded role until 31st May 2026.

This post provides strong leadership, visible and credible senior nursing presence. Accessible to staff, patients, and their families the post holder provides senior level advice, assistance, and support. The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of optimum quality patient care across their agreed portfolio of services and areas of responsibility, and in line with the ten key Matron responsibilities outlined nationally.

The post holder will ensure that the services provided are responsive to patient needs, that the planning of services involves patients and users, and reflects the diverse population served. You will also work closely with Matrons, Director of Nursing, Deputy Director of Quality and colleagues across Weston General Hospital and wider Trust.

Candidates must gain permission from their managers before applying for the secondment.

Main duties of the job

• Leading by example
• Ensuring patients get quality care (positive patient experience, effective nursing care, patient safety)
• Ensuring staffing is appropriate to patient need
• Empowering nurses to take on a wider range of clinical activities
• Improving hospital cleanliness
• Ensuring patients' nutritional needs are met
• Improving wards for patients
• Making sure patients are treated with respect and dignity
• Preventing hospital acquired infections
• Resolving problems for patients and their relatives

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi‑award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world‑leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Public Sector Language Competency

• Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of nurse led initiatives & national policy
• Strong leadership abilities
• IT Skills
• Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to inspire others
• Conscientious, committed, reliable and hardworking
• Respecting Everyone
• Supportive

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to establish credibility rapidly with wide range of staff
• Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences & disciplines
• Ability to deal sensitively with emotive issues
• Resilience
• Dynamic
• Flexible
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Possessed of personal insight and awareness

Qualifications and Training

• Master’s Degree or equivalent, or willingness to work towards
• Route Cause Analysis & Clinical Governance
• Qualifications and Professional Training Experience / Extended Knowledge
• Leadership/Management Course
• IOSH (or similar) Course

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum pro rata